Student Version-Plot Stamp Detected

[Anonymous]

The image attached shows the warning I get about the file being saved on a student version. I have done an uninstall and reinstall to no avail. No other AutoCAD users at the company I work for gets this message opening these files. They are stored on a server so they are the same files. Any suggestions?

[cadffm]

You Co-Worker should make a copy, delete all content if needed, upload the file here.

What Product and Productversion are you running? Command: ABOUT

What Product and Productversion your Co-Workers are running? Command: ABOUT

[Shrestl]

Welcome to the Autodesk Community, and thank you for posting your question here in the AutoCAD forum!  Can you tell me what version of AutoCAD you are running vs. what the users in your office is running?  

[Anonymous]

We are all running a "Commercial" version. These are individual licenses. This is not a network license. No one else here has this problem.

[Anonymous]

We are all running a "Commercial" version. These are individual licenses. This is not a network license. No one else here has this problem. P.46.0.0 AutoCAD 2019

[Shrestl]

If you type on the command line ABOUT does it say AutoCAD 2017? 2018? 2020?  2015 versions had that warning taken out while it was re-introduced in 2019.  It could be that the other users are not seeing it because they are not running AutoCAD 2019 or newer and you are.  Or someone is running in the education version.  As per Knowledge Article:  Educational plot stamp warning and watermark is displayed on AutoCAD drawings.  

[cadffm]

I never wrote something about a network license and it is not related to the topic,

i asked for for DWG file and your product/version

(DWG missing, but thank you for your productversion. Offtopic the case - note your product is obsolet, install the lastest update for much less problems with plot and draworder and more..)

and i asked for for product/version of your co-workers (i missing this information).

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately I can't release confidential files and the version we are using is used to transfer files from Solidworks into a format used to place drawings into ProjectWise. AutoCAD 2020 is not compatible with ProjectWise at this time. 

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> we are using is used to transfer files from Solidworks 

There is the source of your issue ... if Solidworks creates dwg-files that have this education flag, then it's not AutoCAD's issue. Simply try to create a small project in Solidworks, export it as dwg, open that file, do you get that education information? I guess YES.

If yes (what I assume now) then update Solidworks to use a corrected library of DWG-tools so the educ flag is not set within the file. There was one version of DWG-tools that had this issue, not just Solidworks uses this library and have that "defect" files.

- alfred -

[Shrestl]

I agree, if they are exporting from solidworks than perhaps their dwg maker is using codes based off of educational stamp.  Try doing as alfred suggests or try exporting it out of solidworks as a STEP file:  Directions found here from Soldworks Knowledge Articles:  Step File.

After that import the STEP file into AutoCAD Using the IMPORT command and following the steps in this Knowledge Article:  Importing a STEP file into AutoCAD Products

[cadffm]

Thats why i wrote your co-worker(no student alert) should erase and purge all inside the file if needed to share a copy of this file.

An empty file should not be a problem to share, or?

And you should answer the questions if you want that we can help (or just explain) what happens!

Which product and productversion use the co-worker (where no alert appears)?

I read solidworks..

Dassault SW export DWG2018 format by using a non-Autodesk interface (is it the right term?) 

and this interface write the wrong information in a deg2018 file!

In Autodesk Software 2019/2020 you will see the student stamp!

It isn't an autodesk trusted dwg, the problem in this case is on dassaults side.

If someone export dwg2013 from solidworks this NOT happens.

I guess you co-workers uses autodesk-software 2015-2018 products.. right?

These products ignores this information and so they don't get the alert.

But without further informations ftom you, we just guessing.

[Anonymous]

The files I am having issues with were sent to me by an outside vendor that made the files using a "Commercial Version" of AutoCAD. The files were not generated in SolidWorks. You totally misunderstood that part. We use AutoCAD mostly to transition files that we make in house  ourselves from SolidWorks into a third part vault program to store and maintain our files and tracks revisions etc. This program is call Project Wise. I do not have any issues with the files we generate our selves.  At no time has a student version of anything been used to generate any of these files. To use a student version of any software to produce parts and /or projects used in industry for profit is not and excepted practice for any company I have ever worked for in the past 30 years. Myself and all coworkers are using a "Commercial Version" of 2019 AutoCAD. No one has a student version and none of the files I am having issues with were generated with any in house software. Attached is a file with everything removed as you asked. We cannot upgrade due to incompatibility of AutoCAD 2020 with ProjectWise. At this point in time upgrade is not an option. File 468495-1-0 is vendor supplied. File BWM is a file I just generated as a test from my system.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> File 468495-1-0 is vendor supplied

That file has the education mark

>> File BWM is a file I just generated

This has no education mark.

So your local AutoCAD is not an education license, but the partner who sent the first file either

• uses education license of AutoCAD
• or imported parts into this dwg-file whereas these parts were created by an education version
• or uses a none AutoCAD product that creates files having that flag set (as I wrote in my previous post, there was one library of dwg-filetools which set this flag and every vendor of a software who used this specific version of dwg-filetools creates such files. This software has then to be updated to use the updated library.

- alfred -

[cadffm]

I added one detail more

So your local AutoCAD is not an education license, but the partner who sent the first file either

• uses education license of AutoCAD
• or uses ACADversion older than 2015 and imported parts into this dwg-file whereas these parts were created by an education version
• or uses a none AutoCAD product that creates files having that flag set (as I wrote in my previous post, there was one library of dwg-filetools which set this flag and every vendor of a software who used this specific version of dwg-filetools creates such files. This software has then to be updated to use the updated library.

[Anonymous]

Another file same vendor  same software. No problem. ?

[cadffm]

1. Both files are created/edited by an non-autodesk software, which software is it?

     If both file comes from different workstations, they should compare the productversion.

     For example:

     When edit a existing AutoCAD DWG file) Bricscad had that problem with V18 and  fix that problem with V18.2.10..

     When edit a existing AutoCAD DWG file) Draftsight had that problem with 2018 and fixed this with 2019..

     Solidworks has this problem just by export dwg2018 formats

     and so on.

2. I guess both files are generate/saved by different ways, different settings!

AutoCAD/Autodesk is the wrong side to search the problem.. as we wrote multiple times.

[Anonymous]

Sounds to me like it's on the vendor side.

I experienced this same issue many years ago with a vendor that used SolidWorks and Acad (we used Inventor).

Every now and then we'd see this error/stamp come up with files from them. It was random...like 1 file out of every 10 or so. After looking for that needle in the haystack, and many phone calls back and forth, we found out one of their Engineers was using a student version and thus any file we got from him, we saw this issue. Once he installed the commercial version, no more issue.

I'd reach out to the vendor and let them know what you are finding. They may or may not even know this is going on, but I'll bet you they sure as heck will want to resolve it before they get caught. The fines can be rather hefty.

[Shrestl]

You never know what people are using and what they are sending you that is for sure.  We try to give as much warning as possible when you open a file, but if one person opens up the file not knowing they are in a student version, it will haunt the drawing or block created in that version.  

Autodesk does not support the removal of watermarks from designs created using software licensed by students or educators through Education Community. This software cannot be used for commercial, professional or any other for-profit purposes. It is intended that this watermark promote legitimate use of AutoCAD software licensed by students and educators through the Autodesk Education Community and any action to bypass the watermark is not permitted. Please see the following FAQ for more information and feel free to let me know if you have any further questions.

But to help you find out which files DO have the educational watermark there is an app in the App Store that should help you find all the files that have been affected. Feel free to pass it to your vendor also getting the warning.

[Anonymous]

As stated in previous post, I specifically am writing about using "commercially licensed products" causing these issues.

At no point in time have any of these files causing issue been generated by "unlicensed and/or student version" software. The issues were caused by crossing software boundaries and in some cases inserting vendor supplied drawings and/or blocks such as machine components that a vendor has designed for us . I posted this information in this forum strictly for the purpose to get help in resolving an issue with file issues caused with "legitimately licensed software" that has been bought and paid for through proper procurement procedures compliant with policies and procedures of the company I work for . Our vendors are required to abide by these same standards .  If inserting acquired drawings and/or blocks from vendors such as (insert  vendors name here) or other sources fowl up your drawing and cause erroneous errors to appear on "legitimately licensed software" that an individual and/or company can then in turn be sued for using, then models, drawing and block sharing across the internet will become a thing of the past.

Again, the solution presented in my previous post is intended SOLEY  for the purpose to resolve the issue of warnings appear on properly acquired and licensed software when all files were produced by completely  "LEGAL" means. Any use of this information to remove watermarks from drawings from student versions and/or someone just trying to dodge purchasing of properly licensed software is not in compliance with federal law. PERIOD!!!!!!!!

[cadffm]

rofl

>"As stated in previous post, I specifically am writing about using "commercially licensed products" causing these issues."

'commercially licensed products' okay, but not Autdesk commercially licensed 2018 products!

1. If you talk about drawings who comes (at last) from Mechanical 2018:

    The Story from your vendor is WRONG!

    If he would use MECH2018 the program would NOT create this stamp and not show..

2. Trust me if i say, these problem-files didn't come at last from Autodesk 2018 products.

3. For Solidworks as i wrote: Other none DWG licensed manufacturer (not autodesk realDWG),

    it's not Autodesks problem.